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BOSTON
- Friday, January 15, 2021 - Mayor
Martin J. Walsh today announced that, in partnership with Boston
University, the City of Boston will present "A Day of Celebration in Honor of Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr"
on Monday, January 18, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. The event will be live
streamed on both boston.gov and bu.edu, as well as on the City of Boston's
cable network (Xfinity: channel 24, RCN: channel 13, and Fios: channel 962.)
"Commemorating the life and legacy of Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is pivotal to remembering the long history of
racial injustice in our country, especially as we strive to achieve equity
for all," said Mayor Walsh. "Thank you to Boston University and
the New England Conservatory for your partnership in celebrating Dr. King's
life and for adapting our annual event to allow us to safely honor this
day. I'm proud to invite all Bostonians to mark this important day with
us."
This
year, the City of Boston and Boston University welcome New England
Conservatory as a partner in its celebration of the life and legacy of Dr.
King. This year's program will spotlight Coretta Scott King, who graduated
from New England Conservatory in 1954, and it will feature the works of
James Baldwin, who wrote of the resistance movements, dissent and humanity
of young people. The event will feature remarks from Mayor Martin J. Walsh,
BU President Robert A. Brown and Karen Holmes Ward, and performances by the
New England Conservatory. The event culminates with featured speakers
Eddie S. Glaude, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor
and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton
University and Ibram X. Kendi, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the
Humanities at Boston University and Director and Founder of the BU Center
for Antiracist Research.
"On
Monday we celebrate Dr. King's legacy and honor his sacrifice. At Boston
University we are mindful that as we emerge from COVID-which has affected
African-American and Hispanic members of our communities far more than
others-we will not, and should not, revert to the old normal," said
Boston University President Robert A. Brown. "We must aim to establish
new and better conditions and protections for everyone and fight against
both prejudice and complacency."
"We count it a great privilege to call
Coretta Scott King an alumna of NEC, and are thrilled to join Boston
University and the City of Boston in honouring the profound work and
contributions of Dr. and Mrs. King," said NEC President Andrea Kalyn. "As
individuals and as a couple, the Kings lived their commitment to the
principles of freedom, equity, and justice, and their belief in the very
concept of humanity."
In previous years, leaders such as U.S.
Representative Ayanna Pressley, Beverly Morgan-Welch, Sonia Sanchez, Dr.
Alvin Poussaint, Ernest Green of the Little Rock Nine, Judy Richardson of
Eyes on the Prize, and civil rights activist and filmmaker Topper Carew
served as keynote speakers. Governor Deval Patrick, Chief Justice Roderick
Ireland, Boston Poet Laureates Sam Cornish and Danielle Legros Georges,
former Orthopaedic Surgeon-in-Chief at Beth Israel Hospital Dr. Augustus
White, and WGBH Radio host Eric Jackson are among those who have served as
readers in previous years.
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